Chicken Attacked by dogs Injured kneck

[EggSighted4Life]

Friday September 8th as we were preparing for Hurricane Irma to hit Tallahassee my granddaughter's dog got a hold of my girl Pearl. The 5 pound chicken was no match for a 60 pound Labrador. When my granddaughter give the command for the dog to release Pearl - thank goodness he did just as commanded.

Pearl's back was ripped open down to the fat and muscle with a lot of skin hanging over the gaping wounds. Everything, vets, Tractor Supply, etc. was closed so I quickly put Pearl in a warm bath with epsoms salt and betadine and got on this site to figure out what to do next.

I used a sharp pair of cuticle scissors to clip the loose skin that could not be saved. I them packed the other places with neosporin and with a sterile needle I stitched the other wounds. The next morning I went to Tractor Supply and purchased a bottle of injectable penicillin g along with 22 gauge needles and syringes. For the next four days I administered .50 cc if the penicillin g once a day in the Pearl's breast. I also kept the wound clean daily with saline and betadine. After cleaning the wounds with the saline and betadine I patted the area dry and applied blue-kote.

Today day is day 8 after the attack and Pearl is back to her normal self - scratching in the yard and tearing up the garden when she can.

The only problem I am having now is she has decided she likes the comfort of her basket in the house! As it starts to get dark she is at the back door pecking, flapping her wings and squawking to get in the house and refuses to go into the coop! Looks like we now have a indoor chicken. On a positive note, I read online that if you use nesting material in the box chickens will not poop in the box. So far so good, she has yet to poop in the box. I don't put her in the box until dark, I cover the box with a dark blanket, and I take her out first thing in the morning.

I hate to ramble but this site proved to be a life saver for Pearl. Pearl is eight years old and has been with us since she hatched. We are so grateful this site was available. Thank you again everyone.

Hi, welcome to BYC!

Wow, you're pretty brave! Glad she seems to be doing well.

Welcome that sweet girl into the house.

I also prefer to have the B's and was surprised to find out the nutri drench doesn't contain them. Maybe that would be good if you were also treating cocci.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Friday September 8th as we were preparing for Hurricane Irma to hit Tallahassee my granddaughter's dog got a hold of my girl Pearl. The 5 pound chicken was no match for a 60 pound Labrador. When my granddaughter give the command for the dog to release Pearl - thank goodness he did just as commanded.

Pearl's back was ripped open down to the fat and muscle with a lot of skin hanging over the gaping wounds. Everything, vets, Tractor Supply, etc. was closed so I quickly put Pearl in a warm bath with epsoms salt and betadine and got on this site to figure out what to do next.

I used a sharp pair of cuticle scissors to clip the loose skin that could not be saved. I them packed the other places with neosporin and with a sterile needle I stitched the other wounds. The next morning I went to Tractor Supply and purchased a bottle of injectable penicillin g along with 22 gauge needles and syringes. For the next four days I administered .50 cc if the penicillin g once a day in the Pearl's breast. I also kept the wound clean daily with saline and betadine. After cleaning the wounds with the saline and betadine I patted the area dry and applied blue-kote.

Today day is day 8 after the attack and Pearl is back to her normal self - scratching in the yard and tearing up the garden when she can.

The only problem I am having now is she has decided she likes the comfort of her basket in the house! As it starts to get dark she is at the back door pecking, flapping her wings and squawking to get in the house and refuses to go into the coop! Looks like we now have a indoor chicken. On a positive note, I read online that if you use nesting material in the box chickens will not poop in the box. So far so good, she has yet to poop in the box. I don't put her in the box until dark, I cover the box with a dark blanket, and I take her out first thing in the morning.

I hate to ramble but this site proved to be a life saver for Pearl. Pearl is eight years old and has been with us since she hatched. We are so grateful this site was available. Thank you again everyone.

Hi @Tally FL Crazy Hen Lady Welcome To BYC

Thank you for sharing about your experience with Pearl, I'm glad to hear she is doing well and that you made it through hurricane Irma.

 

[Joze805]

Hi @Tally FL Crazy Hen Lady Welcome To BYC

Here is todays dropping after two days on kaytees and tube feeding. I went thru the dropping I didn't see any obvious worms. I did find two tiny pink things reminded me of miniature snails they were slimy not sure what they could have been if normal or not. Today she has been in the backyard all alone to herself she does wonder....but she likes to stop and stand under a bush and "sleep" she does seem to look for bugs near the foundation of my home....she still doesn't scratch or eat anything I feed her. I noticed her eating some grit/dirt today.

Thank you for sharing about your experience with Pearl, I'm glad to hear she is doing well and that you made it through hurricane Irma.

 

[Joze805]

Hi @Tally FL Crazy Hen Lady Welcome To BYC

Thank you for sharing about your experience with Pearl, I'm glad to hear she is doing well and that you made it through hurricane Irma.

Here is todays dropping after two days on kaytees and tube feeding. I went thru the dropping I didn't see any obvious worms. I did find two tiny pink things reminded me of miniature slugs they were slimy not sure what they could have been if normal or not. Today she has been in the backyard all alone to herself she does wonder....but she likes to stop and stand under a bush and "sleep" she does seem to look for bugs near the foundation of my home....she still doesn't scratch or eat anything I feed her. I noticed her eating some grit/dirt today.

 

[Joze805]

Depending on her weight, I would feed her at least 45ml 4 X a day. 35ml once a day isn't anywhere near enough. Make sure she is fully hydrated first. Then make sure the bird feed is warm, NOT cool or cold. Think of baby formula. When one of mine was sick, I fed her 60ml 4X a day for a 5lb bird. I also added Poly Vi Sol without Iron 3 drops in her feed once a day. I prefer that to Nutri Drench since it has the oh-so-important B vitamins in it. So far you're doing a great job helping your poor hen.

That's the only thing she loves to do is drink water. I will up the amount I feed her and try to get her weight.

 

[sbhkma]

You can get a cheap kitchen scale to weigh. I got one from Amazon for something like $9.

 

[Joze805]

You can get a cheap kitchen scale to weigh. I got one from Amazon for something like $9.

Just gave my chicken a bath and ordered one.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The poop looks a little firmer. You're doing good getting the baby bird formula into her.

 

[sbhkma]

How's your patient doing today?

 

[Joze805]

How's your patient doing today?

She spent most the day outside although she does roam she wanted to just hang out a lot in one spot and sleep. I brought her into my garage and she stayed in the same spot since around 5pm my time and she is still in the same vicinity....still tube feeding and adding tylan50 I will let her out after I feed her again....I just need her to get her appetite back